Shakespeare and Scotland written by Willy Maley

Synopsis:

This is atimely collection of new essays in which leading scholars on both sides of the Atlantic address a neglected national context for a body of dramatic work too often viewed within a narrow English milieu or against a broad British backdrop. These essays explore the playwright's place in Scotland and the place of Scotland in his work. From critical reception to dramatic and cinematic adaptation, the contributors engage with the complexity of Shakespeare's Scotland and Scotland's Shakespeare. The influence of Scotland on Shakespeare's writing, and later on his reception, is set alongside the dramatic effects that his work had on the development of Scottish literature, from the Globe to globalization, and from Captain Jamy and King James to radical productions at the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow.

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Title:Shakespeare and ScotlandAuthor:Willy MaleyPublisher:Manchester University PressDate Published: June 2005ISBN-13:9780719066368ISBN-10: 0719066360

Table of Contents:

Introduction : then with Scotland first begin

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'Stands Scotland where it did?' : Shakespeare on the march

20

2

Wrapped in the strong arms of the union : Shakespeare and King James

37

3

The place of Scots in the Scottish play : Macbeth and the politics of language

53

4

Macbeth and the rhetoric of political forms

67

5

Hamlet's country matters : the 'Scottish play' within the play

87

6

How Scottish was 'the Scottish play'? : Macbeth's national identity in the eighteenth century

104

7

The bard : Ossian, Burns, and the shaping of Shakespeare

124

8

'Not fit to tie his brogues' : Shakespeare and Scott

141

9

Shakespeare goes to Scotland : a brief history of Scottish editions

157

10

Citz Scotland where it did? : Shakespeare in production at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, 1970-74